HMS by the Numbers FY 2023

Faculty

Total faculty: 12,213

Tenured and tenure-track faculty on HMS campus in 11 preclinical departments: 192

Voting faculty on campus and at affiliates: 6,730

Full-time faculty on campus and at affiliates 10,438

Awards and Honors

Nobel Prizes: physiology or medicine (cumulative) 10; Peace (recipients) 16

National Academy of Sciences members (current) 91

National Academy of Medicine members (current) 178

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (current) 38

  • Investigators: 35
  • Scholars: 2
  • Professor: 1

See the HMS Office for Faculty Affairs for information about faculty demographics.

Residents and Trainees

Clinical fellows 4,242

Research fellows 4,959

Students

Total students

MD: 712

PhD: 908

MD-PhD: 210 [basic sciences 176, social sciences 34 (total included in MD and PhD counts)]

DMD: 141

Master’s: 559 (512 HMS, 47 HSDM)

DMSc: 30

Graduate students in HMS PhD programs are enrolled through the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin School of Arts and Sciences.

Entering students 2023

MD applicants: 6,986

Admitted: 222 (3.2%)

MD entering: 164 (includes 15 MD-PhD)

PhD: 165

DMD: 38

Master’s: 302 (288 HMS, 14 HSDM)

DMSc: 5

Combined degree programs: MD-MAD, MD-MMSc, MD-MBA, MD-MPH, MD-MPP

See the HMS Medical Education Admissions at a Glance page for details about the entering MD class and financial aid.

Alumni

Living medical school alumni 11,361 (MD and master’s)

As of September 2023

Grants & Contracts

  • Total FY22 grants and contracts awarded to HMS and its affiliated hospitals (includes all federal, state, and private/other grants and contracts for organized research, teaching/instruction, and other sponsored activities, for both direct and indirect costs, as reported to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education): $3,736,294,838
  • Total FY22 federal grants and contracts awarded to HMS and its affiliated hospitals (includes federal grants and contracts for organized research, teaching/instruction, and other sponsored activities, for both direct and indirect costs, as reported to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education): $2,034,067,780

MD Financial Aid (Fiscal Year 2023)

  • Average scholarship: $56,716
  • Range of scholarships: $2,153 to $96,091
  • Students receiving financial aid (excluding MD–PhD students): 71%
  • (2022-23) Students graduating with loans: 97
  • (2022-23) Average loan debt at graduation: $103,519
  • Range of debt (Class of 2023): $3,499 to $396,992

For the most current financial aid and admissions data, please visit the HMS Admissions At a Glance webpage.

Tuition and fees (2023–2024)

  • Tuition: $69,300
  • Fees: $6,125

Tuition and fees (2022–2023)

  • Tuition: $67,610
  • Fees: $5,981

As of December 2023